A serological survey of antibodies to H5, H7 and H9 avian influenza viruses amongst the duck-related workers in Beijing, China.

The continued spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of H5 and H7 subtypes and low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses of H5, H7 and H9 subtypes in birds and the subsequent infections in humans pose an ongoing pandemic threat. It has been proposed that poultry workers are a...

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Main Authors: Peng Yang, Chunna Ma, Weixian Shi, Shujuan Cui, Guilan Lu, Xiaomin Peng, Daitao Zhang, Yimeng Liu, Huijie Liang, Yi Zhang, Li Zhang, Holly Seale, Quanyi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511333?pdf=render